Hi Kwan, just a quick attempt before going to work, had these results
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Does this help ??
$ smbclient //FW-GB7TF/public -U richard
Server's Role (logon server) conflicts with share-level security
added interface ip=44.131.90.129 bcast=44.131.91.255 nmask=255.255.254.0
Password:
Domain=[MDKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
[EMAIL PROTECTED] richard]$ smbclient -U richard -L localhost
Server's Role (logon server) conflicts with share-level security
added interface ip=44.131.90.129 bcast=44.131.91.255 nmask=255.255.254.0
Password:
Domain=[MDKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
print$ Disk
pdf-generator Printer PDF Generator (only valid users)
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 2.2.7a)
ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba Server 2.2.7a)
printer1 Printer EPSON Stylus C82
richard Disk Home Directories
Server Comment
--------- -------
FW-GB7TF Samba Server 2.2.7a
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
MDKGROUP FW-GB7TF
[EMAIL PROTECTED] richard]$ smbclient //FW-GB7TF/public -U richard
Server's Role (logon server) conflicts with share-level security
added interface ip=44.131.90.129 bcast=44.131.91.255 nmask=255.255.254.0
Password:
Domain=[MDKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 23:33, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 15:44, richard bown wrote:
>
> > Now I'm confused :(
> >
> > The windows box only has 2 users, both have a null string as a password,
> > ie I login as "richard" with a blank password.
> > When I login to this box as a user "richard" and the password is
> > "richard".
> > I dont think linux likes null strings as passwords.
>
> On the Linux machine you'll need to create equivalent samba users with:
>
> smbadduser richard:richard
> It will prompt for a password. Just press Enter to disable the
> passwords.
>
>
> >
> > But surely the login is the icing on the cake, I would expect with both
> > smbd and nmbd running, for windows to at least show this box in its
> > network neighbourhood,, it only shows its self "WINBLOWS" in MDKGROUP.
> > There are 4 interfaces on this box as far as the firewall is concerned
> > 1 the public interface,, heavily protected
> > 2 a slip link internal to the machine ...trusted
> > 3 local.. again trusted
> > 4 lan pretty open
>
> OK, to verify that it's not a firewall issue, do the following:
>
> On the Linux machine, login as the 'richard' user. Then type:
> smbclient //FW-GB7TF/public -U richard
>
> You should be prompted for a password. Press Enter for a null password
> or Enter the password if it's not null. When the SMB prompt appears,
> type 'dir'. You should get a listing of the local Samba share on the
> Linux machine.
>
> If you can't do this it tells us that something is wrong with the Samba
> configuration. BTW, the FW-GB7TF name is from the config file that you
> posted. Normally you'd change this to something more friendly. Please
> also verify that you are indeed exporting a /public share with:
>
> smbclient -U richard -L localhost
>
> Look for the appropriate entries in the Sharename column.
>
> If you can browse the share, go over to the Windows machine. In the
> START|RUN dialog, type //FW-GB7TF/public. If you don't get anything then
> it's almost certainly a firewall issue.
>
>
> > the windows box is on the latter.
> > I'm not seeing either smb,nmb or cups broadcasts on the lan interface,
> > but the firewall log show cups broadcast being dropped on the public
> > interface...stops the world using my printer :))
> >
> >
> > route -en shows 44.131.90.0 netmask 255,255.254.0 to the lan interface,
> > and the routing to that subnet is working.
> > However, as per my earlier mail when smbd and nmbd are restarted I see a
> > log message
> > "samba is now logon server for workgroup MDKGROUP on subnet
> > 44.131.90.129"
> >
> > thats the address on the internal LAN for this machine, subnet
> > 255.255.255.255
> >
> > I've missed something fundamental, but I cant see it
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Richard
> > --
> > richard bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----
> >
>
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> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
>
>
>
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>
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